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title: "What Three Web Apps Excite You Most?"
date: 2008-08-19
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2008"
    url: "/tag/2008.md"
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# What Three Web Apps Excite You Most?

![](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104145204im_/http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2142/1507196484_1523f4b06e_m.jpg)One of our favorite Australians, Lachlan Hardy, twittered an interesting question today: What are the three things online that are exciting you most? Lachlan was asked this question as part of a newspaper article [in the Sydney Morning Herald](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104145204/http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/dopple-your-fun/2008/08/16/1218307304122.html?page=fullpage). His own answers were interesting, but he also got a great response from commentors [on his blog](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104145204/http://log.lachstock.com.au/past/2008/8/18/internet-gurus/). So we thought we’d ask the same question (well, slightly re-worded) here on ReadWriteWeb.

The three web apps most exciting me currently are: [**Imeem**](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104145204/http://www.imeem.com/) (I’m enjoying exploring this admittedly trendy music site, especially the playlists), [**soup.io**](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104145204/http://soup.io/) (an underrated lifestreaming app, better than Tumblr IMHO, with full-text feeds and loads of ajaxy goodness), and… [Cuil](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104145204/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/cuil_publicity.php). No I’m kidding about the last one. The third is [**Basecamp**](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104145204/http://www.basecamphq.com/) (the online project management service that keeps our RWW business on track and organized; maybe stretching to call it ‘exciting’, but as a business app it does the business).

Lachlan said that his favorite 3 things online were Twitter ([www.twitter.com](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104145204/http://www.twitter.com/)), Tumblr ([www.tumblr.com](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104145204/http://www.tumblr.com/)) and Fire Eagle ([www.fireeagle.yahoo.net](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104145204/http://www.fireeagle.yahoo.net/)).

There are literally thousands of great web apps to choose from, many of which have been profiled here on RWW. **Tell us your current 3 favorites in the comments.** We’d especially love to discover new things that may be flying under the radar…

*Cat photo: [Kevin Steele](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104145204/http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinsteele/1507196484/)*

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/exciting_web_apps.php))*